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Business Register and Employment Survey

The Business Register and Employment Survey is a survey of employers in Northern Ireland.

BRES 2017 published 27th September 2018

The total number of employee jobs in Northern Ireland in September 2017 was 756,365, an increase of 16,750 jobs (2.3%) since September 2016.

The increase in employee jobs was driven mainly by growth in the service industry (11,477 jobs) which was responsible for 69% of the total increase.

The manufacturing sector increased by almost 3,000 jobs or 3.6% over the year to September 2017. The equivalent growth for the previous year was 0.5%.

Construction jobs continued to grow with an increase of 4.7% (1,557 jobs) over the year to September 2017.

Public sector employee jobs increased by 1.3% over the period. The growth in the public sector was driven by an increase in female part-time jobs of 2,909 (4.9%). Female full-time jobs fell over the period (-889 or -1.2%). This is the first time public sector jobs have increased since 2013.

All District Council areas in Northern Ireland saw an increase in employee jobs except for Antrim & Newtownabbey, where a small decrease (-0.7%) was observed over the year to September 2017. It should be noted that a proportion of the District Council area changes in employee jobs over the year can be attributed to the relocation of jobs within Northern Ireland.

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